Hotpot Craze vs COUNTLINE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hotpot Craze
Embark on a culinary adventure, collecting ingredients to craft delicious hotpot dishes. Enjoy relaxing puzzles and unlock new foods in this unique food game. Play anytime, anywhere and become the ultimate hotpot master.
- Collect tasty ingredients
- Create amazing hotpot dishes
- Complete relaxing challenges
- Unlock new foods
- Explore exciting levels
- Relaxing gameplay
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Welcome to Hotpot Craze! Dive into a delicious world of hotpot, flavors, and fun puzzles! Collect tasty ingredients to create amazing hotpot dishes. Complete relaxing challenges, unlock new foods, and enjoy a unique food adventure anytime, anywhere. Easy to play, fun to master Choose delicious ingredients and create special dishes Explore exciting levels and discover new surprises Relaxing gameplay perfect for every player Are you ready to become the ultimate hotpot master? Start your hotpot journey today!
COUNTLINE
Engage in a challenging number-connection puzzle game where you draw a continuous route through numbered nodes. Master various rule types and route mechanics to solve handcrafted tracks and unlock new levels. Compete in different game modes for a tactical and engaging experience.
- Draw continuous routes through numbered nodes
- Master ascending, descending, odd/even, and skip count rules
- Navigate obstacles and directional checkpoints
- Solve puzzles with special nodes like hidden and moving numbers
- Multiple game modes including Zen, Rush, and Daily Track
- Earn stars for score, combo, and efficiency
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Countline is a focused number-connection puzzle game built for iPhone. Read the rule, find the correct order, and draw a continuous route through every numbered node. Clean decisions, accurate paths, and efficient movement turn a simple sequence into a tactical challenge. HOW TO PLAY - Touch the required starting node and drag through the numbers in the correct sequence. - Keep the route clear of obstacles and follow any directional checkpoints. - Complete every lane when a puzzle contains two colored paths. - Avoid crossing an existing path on levels where crossing is disabled. - Finish quickly and accurately to improve your score, combo, efficiency, and star rating. CAMPAIGN The campaign contains 24 handcrafted tracks across four chapters: 1. First Light 2. Cross Current 3. Deep Signal 4. Final Pulse New tracks unlock as earlier tracks are completed. The campaign develops from direct routes into layered puzzles with hazards, multiple lanes, special nodes, and stricter path planning. NUMBER RULES Countline changes the required sequence through several rule types: - Count Up: connect values in ascending order. - Reverse: connect values in descending order. - Odd / Even: resolve odd and even values in the required sequence. - Skip Count: advance through values by a fixed step. - Growing Sums: follow an arithmetic pattern with increasing differences. ROUTE MECHANICS Obstacles block parts of the board. Directional checkpoints require the route to enter from the indicated direction. Some tracks prevent paths from crossing, while dual-line tracks ask you to complete two independent colored sequences. SPECIAL NODES - Hidden nodes conceal their values until revealed by play or a power-up. - Moving nodes shift position while the puzzle is active. - Countdown nodes must be reached before their timer expires. - Switcher nodes can rearrange the board layout. - Freeze nodes briefly pause timed activity. GAME MODES - Zen: a relaxed memory-focused route with hidden numbers and no crossing restriction. - Rush: timed rounds that reward fast, accurate connections. - Endless: an evolving sequence of rounds with varied rules and special nodes. - Daily Track: one date-based challenge with a daily streak to maintain. - One Stroke: a hard single-drag trial. Releasing early, choosing a wrong node, hitting a barrier, crossing the route, or missing a directional checkpoint immediately fails the attempt. - Blackout: study the visible sequence before the numbers disappear, then rebuild the route from memory. - Relay: complete two differently colored number lines on one board without letting the routes cross. POWER-UPS - Reveal exposes hidden information. - Freeze pauses active timed pressure. - Undo removes the most recent connection step. Power-ups are earned through strong results and accurate runs. Additional tools unlock as campaign stars are collected. PROGRESS AND RECORDS Each run can award score, combo, efficiency, and up to three stars. Countline records campaign bests, recent runs, achievements, power-up inventory, and daily streak progress. The History page provides a local summary of completed play. AUDIO, HAPTICS, AND ACCESSIBILITY SETTINGS Music, sound effects, haptic feedback, and interface animations can be switched on or off independently in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: COUNTLINE at none against Hotpot Craze's shown. COUNTLINE also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hotpot Craze's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hotpot Craze against 5.0 for COUNTLINE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hotpot Craze has 46 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hotpot Craze | COUNTLINE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hong Kong Weisida Technology Limited | RAMEN TOHAN |
Customer experience
Hotpot Craze
COUNTLINE
In-app purchases
Hotpot Craze
No in-app purchases
COUNTLINE
No in-app purchases
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